McGrath Foundation
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| Motto | "Together we can make a difference" |
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| Formation | 2005 |
| Founders |
Jane McGrath Glenn McGrath |
| Headquarters | St Leonards, New South Wales |
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Chairman
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John Conde |
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President
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Glenn McGrath |
| Glenn McGrath John Conde Tracy Bevan Terry Brown Christine McLoughlin Suzanne Young |
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Revenue (2015)
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$16,502,193 |
| Expenses (2015) | $14,141,998 |
| Mission | Supporting families experiencing breast cancer |
| Website | http://www.mcgrathfoundation.com.au/AboutUs.aspx |
The McGrath Foundation is a breast cancer support and education charity in Australia, which raises money to place McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities across Australia and increase breast health awareness. The charity was founded by Australian cricket player, Glenn McGrath and his English-born wife, Jane McGrath, in 2005, following Jane’s initial diagnosis and recovery from breast cancer. Jane died on 22 June 2008 at the age of 42.
It started with Jane and Glenn McGrath’s very public experience with breast cancer, and has become one of Australia’s most recognised and respected charities, the McGrath Foundation.
Some years after her initial diagnosis, Jane’s cancer returned. This time, she had a breast care nurse, who both empowered and comforted her, and the entire family. This experience set the mission for the Foundation, which has become an enduring commitment to support thousands of women and men every day, no matter where they live – for free.
Since 2005, the McGrath Foundation has placed 117 McGrath Breast Cancer Nurses in communities across Australia, and has supported more than 50,000 families. The majority of all McGrath Breast Care Nurses are in rural and regional areas. People experiencing breast cancer can directly contact their nearest McGrath Breast Care Nurse, whose support is then provided completely free of charge. The McGrath Foundation needs to raise approximately $390,000 to place each McGrath Breast Care Nurse in the community for a three-year period.
In 2008, the Australian Government pledged $12.6 million to the McGrath Foundation to fund McGrath Breast Care Nurses in 44 communities through to June 2013. This commitment was furthered in 2013 with the announcement of a $18.5 million grant to continue funding 44 existing McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities nationally as well as the placement of up to an additional 10 full-time equivalent McGrath Breast Care Nurse positions. This was extended for a further four years, in November 2016, confirming the positions of 57 Government-funded McGrath Breast Care Nurses until 2021.
A board of directors oversees the organisation. The full board meets quarterly to approve strategic plans and budgets, as well as nurse funding and placement. The organisation is led by an executive team, heading up a team of passionate people working on behalf of one of Australia’s leading breast cancer charities.
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